ZDNet reports, “Researchers have discovered a security flaw that probably affects all new vehicles. It allows an attacker to turn off safety features…or any of a vehicle’s computerized components connected to its controller area network or CAN bus.” ZDNet says, “Because it’s a design flaw affecting the CAN bus messaging protocol standard used in CAN controller chips, the vulnerability can’t simply be patched with a recall,” nor is the flaw “specific to one vehicle model.” ZDNet adds, “An attack on the flaw devised by several researchers sidesteps common intrusion-prevention and detection techniques that protect CANs against cyberattacks.”
From the news release of the American Association for Justice.
